Wednesday, June 20, 2012

A Very Spotty National

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Something for the increasing number of specialist appaloosa breeders out there.

This year will see the first award of a trophy for best appaloosa huacaya in show (sorry suri breeders, it’s a trial it’s just huacaya this time).

Big thank-you to the showing and judging panel who have allowed this to happen and to Gary and Felicia Sanders at  Popham Alpacas in the UK who are sponsoring the trophy.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Schedule and forms

It’s been a busy weekend with some very late nights but all the schedules and entry forms are now ready and are available on the Sale section of the web site.

What’s new this year?

Well, the Showing and Judging panel have been busy. They had a meeting last weekend and have asked us to include a whole range of new classes – check out the halter and fleece sections. There is some exciting news there for Suri breeders and for those breeding for colour. The only downside is that we will probably be judging most of Sunday morning.

On the admin side, all payments this year will be processed through the office, this means that you can consolidate all payments into one and pay by credit card.

To make the admin a little easier we’ve added a “What paperwork do I need'?” tool to the website

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Hopefully this will make life a little easier

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Downs and Ups….

What a couple of months! They said that there would be times like these…

First, if you’ve been keeping up with the changes on the website, you’ll have noticed a major change with the Gala Dinner. We’ve lost the Adelaide Oval as our venue. A long story, but the short version is that the venue was double-booked for our Saturday evening and, as the other group booked theirs first, we lost out. The good news is that we seem to have landed on our feet. After a week of looking at alternatives we’ve been able to secure the Adelaide Festival Centre, the jewel in the crown of the Adelaide Riverside Precinct.

We’ve also seen the departure of a key member of the convening team. Chris Pietrazek, the fleece show convenor, has had to stand down for health reasons. I’m sure everyone involved with the show will join us in wishing Chris a speedy recovery. In Chris’s place I’d like to welcome Isi Cameron. Isi is a very experienced member of fleece convening teams and will be a great asset to the show.